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Mace head
Mace head

Mace head

2750–2649 B.C.
FindspotAbydos, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueStone; marble (?)
DimensionsStone: 4.4 x 5.5 cm (1 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession numberRES.02.13
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ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceFrom Abydos, cemetery M near the Osiris temple enclosure [north section]; 55 by M12. 1902: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund.
(Accession date: January 1, 1902)